To be honest i havent read through Revelation and when we studied the climax book i was like 7 or something and cant remember a single thing other than how cool it would be to make a movie out of it and the picture of satan being thrown into the firey abyss (WOOHOO). We are gonna be studying it again soon i hear (at bible study group) and im gonna pay attention (he says).
What i wanna know is ANY details you guys know about what the bible says is gonna happen. im talking PHYSICAL things that will happen. like there being signs in the sun, moon and stars (cant remember where it says that). See i think itll be good to know as close as we can as to WHATs GONNA HAPPEN. Of course i trust that Jehovah will make his loyal ones secure during the great tribulation but im just less likely to crap my pants when it happens if i know how its gonna happen.
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Hmmm. So how much of the Bible have you read, exactly? My guess is you switched off sometime around "In the beginning ..."
And angels with trumpets roaring in the sky. Seven headed dragon, beast, something about a woman and sh*t like that.
Here's what's gonna happen: nothing.
Tiny Bulcher, I had exactly the same thought. Why the heck is he asking other people to tell him what's in it? If he's so darned eager to find out, why can't he just read it for himself? What does he want -- biblical Cliff's Notes?
Well, he is on myspace, and obviouisly, no one has posted the Babble on myspace, therefore, he doesn'tthink it is available to read elsewhere. But one of the best online Bibles is at http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/index.html
THIS is the one he needs to study.
Tiny Bulcher & David D.G. -- This has long been one of my biggest peeves with Xians, particularly Fundie Xians. They want everyone in the world to base their lives completely on the Bible and yet they haven't even read through it. They read bits of it and have carefully select "HappyJack" pieces read to them in church, but they skip over any of the multitude of unpleasant parts.
Papabear, yes, I've seen that borne out multiple times here. What's especially odd about this guy is that he seems really anxious to know what's in it, yet at the same time seems to be going out of his way to AVOID reading it for himself!
"how cool it would be to make a movie out of it and the picture of satan being thrown into the firey abyss (WOOHOO)." "What i wanna know is ANY details you guys know about what the bible says is gonna happen."
To echo the sentiments of others I say you should OPEN THE DAMNED BOOK and read it yourself!
"See i think itll be good to know as close as we can as to WHATs GONNA HAPPEN."
Oh, that's easy. Precisely nothing will happen.
I think david here doesn't read the book himself because he's going for his church's "Sheep of the Year" award that's given to the person who only knows what the church tells him.
A little farther down on this guy's page another poster put up the following:
I think the Climax Book sounds like fun.
While the JWs encourage members to read the Bible (in their calendars they have a schedule to read or re-read it over the course of a year), they believe it is impossible to understand the Bible without the aid of their publications.
Well, exJW, I would have to add that ALL religion is pretty much a brainwash, but do agree that some are worse than others.
I trust you've scared them away well, but just in case:
hi all..came across this space and thought I'd comment. the revelation book will help build your faith tremendously, if you pay attention. The bible speaks of many things in a symbolic sense. Take the time to get to understand it thru your studies.
I wouldn't worry. It ain't gonna happen, period.
I am gonna say the GOD and SATAN meet on a bridge spanning a chasm in a large underground cave. God smites the bridge with his staff and Satan falls into the pit below. Satan however uses his whip to get God by the ankles and pull him in too.
that sounds a lot like the LOTR so I could be wrong.
Revelation is I think the last book of the New Testament,
If I want to know more about anything, I Google it, or visit a library, or use my encyclopedias, and if I want to read something from the Bible, I read something from the Bible.
@ Michael
When you are studying Revelation, you may want to keep several things in mind:
1) Revelation was written as inspirational reading, like the Psalms, and not as prophetic material. Looking to The Revelation and trying to shoehorn current events to fit its rantings is a misuse of the material, albeit a popular one among the undiscriminating.
2) What we call "The Revelation" is only one example of an ancient sub-genre of literature called apocalyptic writings. In ancient times there were many revelations, but only one of them made it into the bible. When you realize that The Revelation isn't that special, you will also realize that it isn't that scary.
3) Every generation that has ever heard of The revelation, bar none, has had members who were convinced that they were living in the end times. Obviously, they were all wrong. So why should we assume that we are living in the end times now? Because you are special? Maybe, but don't count on it.
Have fun
"To be honest i havent read through Revelation and when we studied the climax book i was like 7 or something and cant remember a single thing"
Says it all about fundies, really. The Bible: It does the thinking for you.
Me, I like thinking for myself here on Planet Reality.
"What i wanna know is ANY details you guys know about what the bible says is gonna happen. im talking PHYSICAL things that will happen. like there being signs in the sun, moon and stars (cant remember where it says that). See i think itll be good to know as close as we can as to WHATs GONNA HAPPEN"
Yes, that's right, dear.
(*Pats david on head *)
Now you go back to your pop-up Children's Bible (with squeaky 'talking snake') dear, the adults are talking.
"Of course i trust that Jehovah will make his loyal ones secure during the great tribulation but im just less likely to crap my pants when it happens if i know how its gonna happen."
'If. ' [/Spartan Laconic Wit]
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